Tim Lyman

I am a Portland native whose family has lived in SW Portland for over 100 years. I've been in real estate for thirteen years, and had my own brokerage for ten years. Prior to entering real estate I was a technology industry executive. My experience and discipline mean I bring a higher level of expertise and professionalism than most brokers. I'm not interested in the short game; I don't want to help you buy or sell one house, I want to help you buy and sell all your homes. I'll tell you the truth whether or not it benefits me, and whether or not you want to hear it. I provide personal service - I will not hand you off, car dealer style, to someone else to handle your sale or purchase.
When I'm not helping people buy or sell homes, I enjoy hiking, fishing, photography, travel and history. I give back to my community by serving on the board of two local nonprofits.

503-893-4528

tim@lymanhomes.com

Realtor, Principal Broker

Testimonials

My husband and I would never use another real estate agent. Tim, actually had more knowledge about our rights as potential home owners than our community credit union loan officer.
He’s a straight shooter, he won’t tell you what you want to hear just to make a sale and if push comes to shove—he will step right in with you; if it’s in his power to help you get the job done.
A great example of this is: The home we chose to purchase was a VA Loan which –was rapidly pushing towards are closing date and our banker kept dragging his feet on paper work—It wasn’t our loan officer supporting us and telling us what we needed to get done to finish up the loan or pass the home inspection. It was Tim.
I was additionally surprised; due to the large amount of rain we had this year; to see Tim show up at our house– with several bags of sand and seconds later he was crawling down in our crawl space right along with my husband helping to pour the bags of sand in order to absorb some of the e…

Tammy and Dewey Brogren

Tim was extremely nice, knowledgeable, and attentive. Sold our home quickly in the winter/early spring (kind of the off season) for full asking price. We were very satisfied with the whole experience, and would strongly recommend him.

Samuel Holloway

Tim did an awesome job selling my less than perfect house. We bought the best house we could on a young twenties budget. Our house was in a desireable area, but we bought a fixer, did some major renovations in the first year and quickly tired of spending my life working on the house. Tim knew the market, helped me understand exactly what repairs were needed to get it to pass muster for FHA financing, and we sold it for very close to asking price. He did what others agents couldn’t.

Mark Fitz

We purchased a condo through Tim. The first one we were interested in sold before we could make an offer. He found us one for less money, better view, better location the same day just going on the market. We discovered an undisclosed equipment issue in the building. He got to the bottom of it quickly and expertly. Then negotiated a quick and reasonable settlement with the seller to our satisfaction. We love our home and are grateful for his hard work and responsiveness.

Jerry & Millie Burke

I had the great pleasure of working with the realtor Tim Lyman during the months of January and February 2015. My wife and I were looking for a condominium to purchase in the Lake Oswego and Beaverton-Hillsboro regions.
During that process, Tim provided outstanding guidance in helping us to avoid and reject several properties, including 3 that we had put offers on. After receiving the results of inspections on two of the three properties, Tim helped us determine that both would have been black holes into which we would have constantly poured money.
We finally settled on a beautiful and newer townhouse in Hillsboro, and Tim helped assure that the minimal repairs needed were finished before we paid for the unit.
My only regret is that Tim and I formed a nice friendship that will remain, even though chances of seeing each other (since we will live in Corvallis) are slim.
I recommend Tim Lyman as the realtor to go to in this region.

Michael Coolen, Ph.D.

When I was transferred to the Bay Area, I decided to rent out my Portland house. What a nightmare! I hired a property management company that seemed more concerned with the tenant’s interests than mine. The tenant did zero maintenance on the property, letting the yard go to pot. The management company, instead of getting after the tenant, suggested I pay the tenant to do the yard work he was contractually obligated to do under the lease. A few months before the lease was set to expire, I received one of Tim’s letters in the mail. Tim was a Godsend! The tenants were uncooperative with showings, but Tim was persistent and polite but firm in dealing with them, and we closed on an almost full price sale.

Ramesh Gounder

I’m in my seventies, and decided I’d had enough of being a landlord. Tim helped me through a difficult sale with a difficult buyer. Now I can spend my free time playing golf instead of fixing toilets at 3 AM.